Cooperative Agreement NNX14AQ98A
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- This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to S.D. Miller and Associates, P.L.L.C., a minority-owned, woman-owned small business. The contract, valued at $124,038, is for the investigation of a new class of thermal insulations to enable thermal protection systems on ceramic matrix composite hot structures and hypersonic inflatable aerodynamic decelerators. The research aims to develop super-efficient,...
- This is a $131,500 firm-fixed-price contract awarded to Miller Scientific Incorporated, doing business as Heetshield Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business located in Flagstaff, Arizona. The contract was awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, under the FY24 SBIR Phase I program. The contract is for the development of an advanced thermal protection system (TPS) to reduce the mass, stowed volume, and cost of inflatable structures. This contract supports the agency's...
- This is a firm-fixed-price Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Powdermet Inc., a for-profit manufacturing company. The contract, valued at $124,455.00, is for the design and fabrication of an integral thermal protection system (TPS) cryogenic storage tank using integrated materials computational engineering. The project aims to develop a multilayered thermally insulating syntactic foam core structure...
- This federal contract award is for Thermal Protection Systems (TPS) for NASA's Science Mission Directorate (SMD). The prime contractor, Fiber Materials Inc. (FMI), is a manufacturer of high-temperature composite materials located in Biddeford, Maine. The contract, a Delivery Order valued at $1,057,499.60, is for the development and Phase 1 testing of a 3-D Medium Density Carbon Phenolic (3MDCP) material. FMI has extensive heritage in providing thermal protection components, advanced composite...
- This is a Small Business set-aside contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Miller Scientific Incorporated's Heetshield Inc. division. The $200,000.00 Firm Fixed Price contract is for the flight test of proposed Generation 3 Hypersonic Inflatable Atmospheric Decelerator (HIAD) Thermal Protection System (TPS) materials. Heetshield Inc. is a manufacturer of advanced materials and technical solutions for extreme conditions, with past...
- This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Triton Systems, Inc., a global product development and venturing company based in Chelmsford, Massachusetts. The $149,910 Firm Fixed Price contract is for research and development of "Porous Thermal Radiation Inhibitors for Hypersonics," which aims to advance technology for hypersonic applications. Triton Systems has extensive experience conducting R&D through...
- This is a firm-fixed-price delivery order contract awarded by NASA's Ames Research Center to Fiber Materials Inc., a manufacturer of advanced composite materials. The $80,971 contract is to provide post-weaving manufacturing support for the Heat Shield for Extreme Entry Environment Technology (HEEET) project. Fiber Materials Inc. is a subsidiary of Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc. and has extensive experience producing thermal protection system materials for aerospace applications, including...
- Miller Scientific Incorporated, doing business as Heetshield Inc., has been awarded a $131,500 firm fixed price definitive contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center. The contract is a Small Business Innovation Research Program Phase I award to demonstrate that a flexible gas barrier between the outer fabric layers of the flexible thermal protection system on the Hypersonic Inflatable Atmospheric Decelerator has the potential to improve performance....
- This is a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to Ultramet, a for-profit manufacturer of advanced materials solutions. The contract, valued at $750,000.00, focuses on the development and optimization of a block ablator-in-honeycomb heat shield structure using ablator/aerogel-filled foam. This builds upon prior work by Ultramet and ARA Incorporated to demonstrate the feasibility of this approach for high heat flux...
- This is a firm fixed-price delivery order issued by the NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center to CSIRO - Industrial Physics Division, Australia's national science agency, to test and evaluate a prototype heat shield thermal protection system (TPS) demonstrator. The objective is to demonstrate impact detection, location, and comprehensive TPS health monitoring using robust self-organizing optical fiber sensing networks. The work builds on prior research collaboration between NASA and CSIRO...
"DEMONSTRATION OF A 3000 F COMPOSITE STRUCTURE THERMAL PROTECTION SYSTEM" IS A RESEARCH PROPOSAL SELECTED BY THE AERONAUTICS RESEARCH MISSION DIRECTORATE THROUGH THE FUNDAMENTAL AERONAUTICS RESEARCH ANNOUNCEMENT NNH07ZEA001N-HYP1 SUBTOPIC A.5.1.1 - ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES FOR HIGH-TEMPERATURE COMPOSITE STRUCTURES. THE PRIMARY GOAL OF THE BASE EFFORT IS TO DEVELOP AND DEMONSTRATE A CERAMIC-BASED HONEYCOMB PANEL, FILLED WITH EFFICIENT INSULATION AS A HIGHTEMPERATURE, LIGHT-WEIGHT, LOAD-BEARING INTEGRATED STRUCTURAL THERMAL PROTECTION SYSTEM (ISTPS) FOR HYPERSONIC VEHICLES. THE GOAL OF THE AUGMENTED EFFORT IS TO PURSUE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF EFFICIENT INSULATOR AS A FLEXIBLE HIGH-TEMPERATURE INSULATION (FHTI) THAT COULD BE USED AS INSULATION IN ISTPS AND ALSO AS FLEXIBLE INSULATION AS A HEAT SHIELD ELEMENT FOR INFLATABLE DECELERATORS FOR ATMOSPHERIC ENTRY BEING DEVELOPED UNDER THE SPACE AND TECHNOLOGY MISSION DIRECTORATE.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $10.0k | 9/13/17 | ||
| 10 | Funding Only Action | $10.0k | 9/13/17 | |
| 9 | Funding Only Action | $40.0k | 5/19/17 | |
| Not listed | $40.0k | 5/19/17 | ||
| 8 | Funding Only Action | $85.0k | 3/27/17 |